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One of the times and seasons which is not written in the book of Ecclesiastes is that of us being with our parents for a period of time and some other time we living on our own and that's how it's everywhere in the world. I'm not saying living with one parent is not good, but to me it's time bound.
Having said this, I would like to respond to the topic which is all about “adulthood.” While growing up, I have loved to live on my own where I would be able to do things on my own without my disciplinary parents checking on me and my deeds every time, but this would be possible until after my secondary school days which I was eager and looking forward to.
Although I have had friends living on their own even when we were in secondary school, these sets of my friends are always doing things on their own without anybody challenging them. I can boldly say they lived a free life, which i later got to know is not a free life but a wayward and destructive one for that matter
So, because of what I saw them doing, I too wanted to be like them, but in my own family, you must wait till you gain admission into the university before living on your own and that's how things operate in my family and it's not as if you would go and rent a room or apartment, but you university hostel is like your own home where you live alone without the influence of your parents, but whenever you are on holiday, you still go back to them and that's how I lived my life, until when I graduated from the university and went for my NYSC.
Furthermore, it's after my NYSC that I was able to get a room and start living on my own and ever since then, I started living alone without the full influence of my parents as they still had this kind of partial influence on me, but not at full length and this is connected to the belief in my area that children would always be children in the hands of their parents no matter how old they are.
So, it's after I got a good job and got married that their influence began to wane off me, but it's then I realized they have really tried for me and had really helped me not to go astray like those my friends who had been living all alone since our secondary school days.
Aside from this, when I started to bear responsibility, I got to know that one trying to live on his own is not a joke, but I have also been able to overcome the challenges of living alone now.
Thanks for reading.
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As individuals we always want to have the freedom to do whatever we want without the influence of our parent. But before we reach that point, we need our parents guidance and advice because that is the only way we can stay on track.
You can see from the lives of those friends of yours who were living on their own since secondary school time that their ways are not entirely pure and straightforward due to lack of discipline, guidance and advice from their parents
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